If there’s one console that holds a special place in the hearts of console gamers of a certain age, it’s the Atari 2600. A 6502 based system with a cartridge slot and a couple of joysticks, it plugged ...

Atari was founded in 1972 and offered clunky cartridge games such as Pong and Centipede that make Candy Crush look downright space-age. But you wouldn't enjoy your favorite smartphone games or be able ...

Both a best-seller and infamous, industry-shaking failure, Pac-Man's Atari 2600 port was recently rereleased for the ...

Atari recently released its half-year earnings report for the current financial year, and it didn't seem to have much good news for the Atari VCS console. As picked up by Tom's Hardware, the report ...

My Arcade has launched the Atari Gamestation Go, a portable retro console that’s now available through major retailers ...

T he Atari Pong arcade machine made its debut on this day in 1972. According to the iconic games firm, “from an initial ...

As Senior Video Producer at CNET, Sean has worked on more videos than he can count. He covers video games and video game hardware through previews, reviews, events, and more. The Atari 2600 is back, ...

Atari announced in June that it was getting back into the hardware business, with plans for an upcoming “Ataribox” console. Of course, it didn’t release any actual details at the time—only a ...

Forty years ago, Atari released its first personal computers: the Atari 400 and 800. They arrived in the fall of 1979 after a prerelease marketing campaign that had begun the previous January when the ...

As the pandemic raged in 2020, a revolution played out in the entertainment world. In that year, video game revenue grew 20% to a whopping $179.7 billion — pulling in more money than global movies and ...

Atari is taking a major step back from video games. The company is creating a new cryptocurrency named "Atari Token." The Atari Token is being created specifically for use on a new digital platform ...